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HoB 419: Bichrome oinochoe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Bichrome oinochoe
- Date
- Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P12.143
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Oinochoe
- Pottery Ware
- Anatolian Bichrome
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian II - Building H
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W30 - W35 / S120 - S125 *99.1
- Findspot
- W30-35 / S120-125 *99.1 floor
- Description
Fragment of Bichrome oinochoe, neck, and shoulder. Anatolian (not Sardian) Bichrome with geometric patterns. Black over white coat (white paint worn off) and on red slip. White coat applied on red slip. Exterior, three horizontal lines; three short vertical lines on the upper band and reserved on the lower; four short vertical lines; upper shoulder, over white coat, three lines forming two reserved bands that are cut off on right by three diagonal lines over white coat; to the left of diagonal bands, crosshatched triangle.
Analyzed by Kealhofer and Grave (Kealhofer, Grave, and Marsh 2013: sample AIA 3702).
- Dimensions
- H. 0.045, L. 0.059, W. 0.056, Th. 0.006–0.008.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD